Stealth nanocapsules kill Chagas parasites in mouse models
Lychnopholide, a substance isolated from a Brazilian plant, and formulated as part of 'nanocapsules' cured more than half of a group of mice that had been infected experimentally with Chagas disease parasites. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Stealth nanocapsules kill Chagas parasites in mouse models
(American Society for Microbiology) Lychnopholide, a substance isolated from a Brazilian plant, and formulated as part of 'nanocapsules' cured more than half of a group of mice that had been infected experimentally with Chagas disease parasites. 'Chagas disease affects millions of people, mainly in poor rural areas of 21 Latin American countries,' said Marta de Lana, Ph.D. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 20, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Celgene joins DNDi's 'Drug Discovery Booster'
(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) The biopharmaceutical company Celgene has become the fifth company to join the 'Neglected Tropical Diseases Drug Discovery Booster' consortium, a new initiative to accelerate and cut the cost of early stage drug discovery for two of the world's most neglected diseases, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 15, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Chagas Disease: Combatting the Kissing Bug?
What is Chagas disease and how much of a threat does it represent? I've heard that it is incurable and is spreading to the U.S. from Latin America, where millions of people are infected. (Source: Dr. Weil Q and A)
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - March 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chagas disease: A wake-up call to accelerate the diagnosis, treatment and research
Without a more efficient treatment, more than 200,000 people living with Chagas disease will die from heart disease in the next five years. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
KaloBios Still in Talks to Buy Chagas Disease Drug
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals may yet land benznidazole, the Chagas' disease treatment that it was attempting to buy when former chief executive Martin Shkreli was arrested for securities fraud. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 4, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
From mother to child, passing on disease
Researchers are reminding US doctors to watch for two vector-borne and potentially life-threatening diseases that can be passed from mother to child. Though Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis are generally found in other parts of the world, global travel and migration have made the US vulnerable. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
From mother to child, passing on disease
(University of Iowa) University of Iowa researchers are reminding US doctors to watch for two vector-borne and potentially life-threatening diseases that can be passed from mother to child. Though Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis are generally found in other parts of the world, global travel and migration have made the US vulnerable. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 29, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Janssen R&D collaborate to treat Chagas disease
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego have entered into a research collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen R&D), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to identify new therapeutic targets for Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that is the leading cause of heart failure in Latin America. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 7, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Why Martin Shkreli's Price Hike May Hurt Everyone--Including You And The Pharmaceutical Industry
Martin Shkreli's plans to raise the price of a treatment for Chagas Disease by potentially over 100,000 percent could affect many, many people and sectors, including you, regardless of how healthy you may be right now. And Chagas Disease may affect you more than you realize. In fact, Shkreli’s medication price hikes could end up hurting many industries, most notably the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Could this be the ripple that becomes a tidal wave for all? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 16, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee Source Type: news
MSF Statement on KaloBios Plan to Raise Price Of Drug To Treat Chagas Disease
December 12, 2015
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned with the recent announcement that KaloBios has acquired rights to benznidazole, the drug MSF uses to treat Chagas disease in Latin America. KaloBios has announced its intent to register the drug in the United States to obtain a U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Priority Review Voucher (PRV), and then charge a high price. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - December 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Phil Zabriskie Source Type: news
Martin Shkreli’s Latest Plan to Sharply Raise Drug Price Prompts Outcry
Critics say that Turing, the pharmaceutical led by Mr. Shkreli, is exploiting a program that awards vouchers that can be sold at huge profits while pricing drugs out of patients’ reach. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ANDREW POLLACK Tags: United States Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative Shkreli, Martin (1983- ) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Food and Drug Administration Chagas Disease Latin America Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Prices Source Type: news
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 10, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Molecule that may lead to Chagas disease vaccine identified
A molecule expressed by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), which may facilitate the parasite’s evasion of the host’s immune system, has been identified by researchers. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Housecall: What to Expect With Aging
THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Aging: What to expect Aging isn't glamorous, but you're not necessarily at the mercy of Mother Nature. See how healthy lifestyle choices can influence the way you age. Chagas disease Although Valentine's Day is months away, "kissing bugs" have been found in parts of the U.S. The insects can transmit Chagas [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 7, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
